Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, August 18, 2024 Klingon word: ghID Part of speech: verb Definition: pierce, perforate Source: qepHom 2015 p.18 _______________________________________________ Lieven Lietaer & Marc Okrand (qepHom 2015, p.18): MO: To "staple" papers together is to {rar} them. To use a stapler or hole punch ("perforator, hole punch" {nIqDob}), you {qIp} [hit with the hand] it or {'uy} [press down] or {ngaH} ("squeeze") it, depending on the device. [...] The hole punch will {ghID} ("pierce, perforate") the paper (or other material). LL: Can {ghID} also mean perforate a paper with a tooth pick or similar? MO: Yes, of course. SEE ALSO: baS Ha'on staple (n) - "A stapler is a {Ha'on vevwI'}. The staple, the little metal thing, is called {baS Ha'on} or just {Ha'on}. The verb {vev} means "insert, put in", so the stapler is literally a device that "puts in" the staple ({Ha'on}) into the paper." [qepHom 2015 p.18] DuQ stab, pierce (v) - tIqDu'Daj DuQqu'meH qeylIS ma'veq cha' 'etlhmey jop Kahless impaled his hearts with the two blades of the *mevak*. (PB) bet impale (v) (qep'a' 2021) - {AFAIK not used in a sentence] jeq protrude from (v) [e.g. if the prongs of "the little metal thing" stick out] - tajwIj 'oHbe' chorlIj jeqbogh Dochvetlh'e' That is not my dagger protruding from your midsection. (FTG) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons